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Martins, Lurdes; Veiga, Paula – Economics of Education Review, 2010
This paper measures and decomposes socioeconomic-related inequality in mathematics achievement in 15 European Union member states. Data is taken from the 2003 wave of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). There is socioeconomic-related inequality in mathematics achievement, favoring the higher socioeconomic groups in each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics, Economic Factors, Mathematics Achievement
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Corak, Miles; Lauzon, Darren – Economics of Education Review, 2009
This paper adopts the technique of [DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996). "Labour market institutions and the distribution of wages 1973-1992: A semiparametric approach." "Econometrica, 64"(5), 1001-1044.] to decompose differences in the distribution of PISA reading scores in Canada, and assesses the relative contribution of…
Descriptors: Class Size, School Choice, Foreign Countries, Time Factors (Learning)